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[dragonwriter]

> but a "huge by (earth standards) cell" doesn't mean dog sized.

Well, the smallest dog breeds have a mass on the same order as the largest cells on earth, so, yeah, "dog sized" is a pretty good standard for a "huge (by earth standards)" cell.

[vacri → dragonwriter]

Such a large cell on earth is an 'outlier', not a 'standard'.

[dragonwriter → vacri]

> Such a large cell on earth is an 'outlier'

Indeed, specifically a huge one. Making it huge, by earth standards.

See how that works?